A Wii U trailer for Pokken Tournament has familiarized oblivious Wii U owners about the existence of the stellar Pokemon fighting game, something that would be very beneficial considering the phenomenally low interest it has apparently been generating in arcades.

The trailer, rife with many Pokemon battles of a non turn-based variety:

Pokkén Tournament will launch on the Wii U on March 18th in Japan, while North Americans and Europeans can brace themselves for it sometime in spring – the game is currently available in Japanese arcades at any rate.

That's the correct attitude! I'm sick of people comparing everything to something whenever it comes out. I blame this behavior on social medias which give people too much "freedom" and many abuse this rights.

Can you really call them desperate when this is all about doing business. Handheld cell phones or consoles is very common nowadays, I myself used to frequently visit arcades back in the 90's but the new generations certainly isn't as hyped about it.

I'd say arcades is slowly going into obsolete, thus they tried to cater to the kids instead of teenagers and above.

To be fair, this is never the type of game that was going to be successful in arcades among the core fighting game crowd. I don't really give a shit about Pokken, but it would be like claiming that Smash Bros. would bomb on consoles due to lack of interest at arcades. It's just not the right audience.